Magarahan v. Wright & Lamkin
Supreme Court of Georgia
Practice. Appeal. Contracts. Master and servant. Before Judge Roney. Richmond superior court. April term, 1889. So much of the report as does not appear in the opinion is as follows : The plaintiff testified: In August, 1888, I learned Mr. Wright was going into the grocery business and wanted a clerk; went to see him about getting the place. He said he would start me on $50 a month. He employed me as a clerk in the store; there was nothing said about time.
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Practice. Appeal. Contracts. Master and servant. Before Judge Roney. Richmond superior court. April term, 1889. So much of the report as does not appear in the opinion is as follows : The plaintiff testified: In August, 1888, I learned Mr. Wright was going into the grocery business and wanted a clerk; went to see him about getting the place. He said he would start me on $50 a month. He employed me as a clerk in the store; there was nothing said about time. A little while. after this, he told me he was going to take in Mr. Lamkin as a partner, hut that would make no difference with us ; he had…
1Opinion of the Court
Simmons, Justice.
It seems from the record in this case that the plaintiff in error was employed as a clerk by the defendants in error. On November 15th, 1888, he *776was discharged. Subsequently he brought a suit against the defendants in a justice’s court on the following account: “To wages as clerk from November, 15th, 1888, to December 15th, 1888, $50.00.” On the trial in the justice’s court, a judgment was rendered in his favor against the defendants for the sum of fifty dollars, the principal debt,, and interest from November 15th, 1888, and costs of court. The judgment was rendered January…
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